Monthly Archives: September 2007

NASCAR HotPass Lineup

For today’s running of the Dodge Dealers 400, we have the following Chasers- channel/driver/car:
795 - Carl Edwards, #99
796 - Clint Bowyer, #07
797 - Jeff Gordon, #24
798 - Denny Hamlin, #11
799 - Jeff Burton, #31

The second race in the Chase. Try to catch a few laps, even if it’s interspersed with gridiron activity, OK?
-k-
UPDATE: [...]

Prepping for WP 2.3

WordPress 2.3 is supposed to be released early next week. tbbs-land has always been an early adopter of new WP releases. I’ve even changed hosting companies to keep my WP install current. And I plan to upgrade as soon as I can get my hands on the software.
So today I’m reading up on [...]

Not Converging 07

Well, beans. I have been wanting to attend Converge South for the last two times, after reading about the 2005 festivities at Dave’s place. Converge 2007 takes place October 19-20 in Greensboro NC.
There have always been interesting presentations at Converge South, I love the Carolinas, and CS seems to be devoid of the [...]

Autumnal Pismires

With the cooling down of days and nights, the first pismires of the fall are seeking refuge in my shabby cubicle1 at work. These are doubtless the descendants of the vernal pismires who staged an invasion last April.
So, before leaving work tonight, I put out a fresh batch of pismire traps hotels, and wiped [...]

Raleigh Bound, Again

The first week in October should find me in Raleigh yet again, for more book learnin’ at the Red Hat Mothership. Hopefully, I’ll walk off with my RHCE1 certification. The exam is supposed to be a grueling affair. I really want this certification, not that having it will make me a better sysadmin, [...]

A Salute to a Kansan

Clint Bowyer, from Emporia KS, has just won his first NASCAR Nextel Cup race, dominating the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
He lead the most laps, won the pole, and was totally uncatchable on the afternoon. He’s in the Chase for the Nextel Cup, the only winless one in the fraternity. Until today. [...]

A Fitting Tribute

Chief Zee, the Washington Redskins’ mascot for the last 29 years, was absent from last Sunday’s FedEx Field season opener. He was in Dallas, at Texas Stadium, home of the arch rival Dallas Cowboys. It was for a good and noble cause, though:
Turns out he was in enemy territory — Texas Stadium — to [...]

NASCAR HotPass Lineup

The Chase is on; today’s lineup is 100% chasers; probably a good thing. Anyhow, here’s how the channels align for today’s running of the Sylvania 300 from New Hampshire International Speedway:
795 - Matt Kenseth, #17
796 - Kevin Harvick, #29
797 - Tony Stewart, #20
798 - Denny Hamlin, #11
799 - Jeff Burton, #31
And, you can [...]

Yooniversity of Nebraska Football

At 8PM EDT tonight on ABC, the Nebraska Cornhuskers face off against the #1 ranked USC Trojans, in a night game from Memorial Stadium in Lincoln NE.
I had the good fortune to be in the stands for the first night game in Lincoln, 20+ years ago. The opponent that night was Florida State; the [...]

Ubuntu Ubiquitous

I’m seeing all kinds of articles on Ubuntu in my feedreader here of late. I’ve used it only lightly, as I detailed here, and have generally been pleased with it. It runs well on our group aging POS Dell laptop at work, where we use it mainly for minicom and serial terminal kinds [...]